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pull through en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of pull-through.
   alt of pull-through

Forms

pull through en · VERB

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To come through pain and trouble through perseverance.
   • Dr. Gilman's race horse was bad last week; fortunately Mr. Verney, the District Veterinary Surgeon, succeeded in pulling him through. 1901 April 12, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 3, page 68:
   • At one time it looked as though he could not live more than a few hours, and I am convinced that it was only through the Dutchman's doggedness that he pulled through. 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 26”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
   • There was once a poor, very poor widow, who had an only son. She pulled through with the boy till he was confirmed; but then she told him that she could not feed him any longer; he would have to go out and earn his own bread. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 215:
2. (transitive) To assist someone through difficulties, injury, pain, etc.
   • "Dr. Van-Herne is confident of pulling Godfrey through, isn't he?" 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 176:
3. (transitive) To clean the barrel of a firearm using a pull through.

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Translations (6)

pl wylizać się (Translations) · es perseverar (Translations) · pl wylizywać się (Translations) · es pervivir (Translations) · es prevalecer (Translations) · es recuperarse (Translations)